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English translation
812. It was reported from Ibn Juraij (who said): “Ibn Abī Mulaikah narrated to me from ‘Urwah bin Az-Zubair, from Marwān bin Al-Ḥakam who said: ‘Zaid bin Thābit said to me: “Why do you recite the short Muṣaṣṣal[2] (Sūrahs) during Maghrib, even though I have seen the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ recite the longer of the two?” He (Ibn Abī Mulaikah) said: “I said: ‘Which one is the longer of the two?’ He replied: ‘Al-Aʾrāf, and the other one is Al-Anʾām.”’ And I (Ibn Juraij) asked Ibn Abī Mulaikah so he said to me, that to him they are Al-Mā'idah and Al-Aʾrāf.” (Sahīh)
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Footnotes
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[1] At-Tūr (52).
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[2] See the Tafsīr of Ibn Kathīr, Sūrah Qāf (9:215) published by Darussalam.
Commentary
We learn from these Aḥādīth that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) recited long Sūrahs on some occasions. The Imām should take into consideration the circumstances and the needs of those whom he is leading in prayer.
